Quilted Table Ensemble - Kitchen Windmills

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From Quick Quilts - Summer 1997

Kitchen Windmills
designed by Mary Jobe Mason
Quilted Table Ensemble

A coordinated kitchen ensemble may be just the accent that your breakfast room needs! Our table runner, place mats, basket liner, napkins, and napkin rings will help you welcome each day in colorful style.

Number of Items and Finished Size:
2 Place mats 13" x 19"
2 Napkins 16" x 16"
2 Napkin rings 1 1/2" x 4"
1 Table runner 14" x 52"
1 Basket liner 23 1/2" x 23 1/2"

Planning
There are many wonderful border stripes available today that become even more exciting when selectively cut for patchwork. The Windmill Blocks offer a great opportunity to experiment with cutting motifs from different areas of a printed stripe. Here's an idea: Use 4 identically cut shapes in 1 block and 4 more from another part of the stripe in the next.

Fabric Requirements
2 Place Mats
... Teal border stripe 1/2 yard
... White-on-white print 5/8 yard
... Teal solid (binding) 1/4 yard
... Polyester fleece 1/2 yard
2 Napkins
... White-on-white print 1/2 yard
... Teal solid 1/2 yard
2 Napkin rings
... Teal border stripe 1/8 yard
... White-on-white print 1/8 yard
Table Runner
... Teal border stripe 1 3/8 yards
... White-on-white print 1 5/8 yards
...Teal solid (binding) 3/8 yard
... Polyester fleece 1 5/8 yards
Basket Liner
... Teal border stripe 1/4 yard
... White-on-white print 3/4 yard
... Teal solid 1/4 yard
... Teal check 1/4 yard
Other Materials
Sewing thread
Monofilament thread (machine-quilting)
Clear acrylic ruler 6" x 12" or 6" x 24"
Elastic 1/4" wide - 8"

Cutting the Fabric
2 Place Mats
Teal border stripe
... 4 rectangles 3 7/8" x 11 3/8"
... 4 strips 3 1/2" x 14"
White-on-white print
... 2 rectangles 15" x 21"
... 2 squares 6" x 6", cut in half twice diagonally to make quarter-square triangles
... 4 strips 2" x 11"
... 4 strips 2" x 14"
Teal solid
... 4 strips 1 1/2" x 20"
... 4 strips 1 1/2" x 15"
Polyester fleece
... 2 rectangles 15" x 21"
2 Napkins
White-on-white print
... 2 squares 16 1/2" x 16 1/2"
Teal solid
... 2 squares 16 1/2" x 16 1/2"
2 Napkin rings
Teal border stripe
... 2 strips 2" x 6"
White-on-white print
... 2 strips 2" x 6"

Table Runner
Teal border stripe
... 10 rectangles 3 7/8" x 11 3/8"
... 2 strips 2 1/2" x 49"
... 2 strips 2 1/2" x 10"
White-on-white print
... 1 rectangle 16" x 56"
... 5 squares 6" x 6", cut in half twice diagonally to make quarter-square triangles
... 4 squares 2 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Polyester fleece
... 1 rectangle 16" x 56"
Basket Liner
Teal border stripe
... 4 strips 3 1/2" x 8"
White-on-white print
... 1 square 24" x 24"
... 8 strips 1 3/4" x 8"
Teal solid
... 1 square 8" x 8"
Teal check
... 8 strips 1 1/2" x 8"

Step 1 (Place Mats)
Referring to Diagram I, with wrong side facing up, measure 7 5/8" from end of 3 7/8" x 11 3/8" teal border stripe rectangle. Align 45° line on acrylic rotary cutting ruler with fabric edge and cut into 2 trapezoids. Cut 8 trapezoids, making sure wrong side always faces up. Sew teal trapezoid and white quarter-square triangle together as shown in Diagram II. Make 8 pieced units. Stitch pieced units together to make block (see Diagram III). Make 2 blocks.

Diagram I

Diagram I
Cut 8

Diagram II

Diagram II
Make 8

Diagram III

Diagram III

Step 2
Referring to Diagram IV, stitch 2" x 11" white strips to sides of each block. Trim even with top and bottom. Sew 2" x 14" white strips to top and bottom of block. Trim even with sides. Stitch 3 1/2" x 14" teal border print strip to sides as shown in Diagram V. Trim even with top and bottom to finish place mat top. Make 2.

Diagram IV

Diagram V
Diagram V

Step 3.
Layer and baste 15" x 21" white-on-white rectangle (right side down), polyester fleece rectangle, and place mat top (right side up). Quilt as desired. To bind, trim backing and fleece rectangles even with place mat top. Press under 1/4" on one long edge of all 1 1/2" teal solid strips. Referring to Diagram VI-A, sew 20" teal solid strips to top and bottom of place mat, right sides together. Trim ends even with edge of place mat. Wrap folded edge of binding to back and pin in place. Pin 15" strips to sides of place mat, wrapping 1" excess at each end of strip to the back, butting against binding strip on top and bottom (see Diagram VI-B). Stitch. Wrap binding to back, pin, and whipstitch in place.

Diagrams VI-A and VI-B

Step 4 (Napkins)
To make napkin, place 16 1/2" teal solid and white-on-white squares right sides together. Sew 1/4" seam around edges, leaving 3" opening to turn right side out. Turn, press, and stitch opening closed. To finish, edge stitch 1/8" from outer edge. Make 2.

Step 5 (Napkin Rings)
Referring to Diagram VII-A, place 2" x 6" teal border stripe rectangle on 2" x 6" white-on-white rectangle, right sides together. Stitch 1/4" from fabric edge on long sides. Turn right side out and press. Cut elastic into 2 pieces 4" long, and sew to center of tube on white side stretching as you sew (see Diagram VII-B). To finish napkin ring, fold in half bringing short ends together, and stitch raw edges as shown in Diagram VII-C. Make 2.

Diagrams VII-A, VII-B and VII-C

Step 6 (Table Runner)
Make 5 blocks as described in Step 1. Referring to Diagram VIII, stitch blocks in a horizontal row. Sew 2 1/2" x 49" teal border stripe to top and bottom of blocks. Trim even with ends. Stitch 2 1/2" white-on-white squares to ends of 2 1/2" x 10" teal border stripe strip. Sew pieced strips to ends of table runner. Cut white corner squares diagonally corner to corner (see Diagram IX). Layer and baste 16" x 56" white-on-white rectangle (right side down), polyester fleece rectangle and table runner top (right side up). Quilt as desired. Bind with teal solid fabric.

Diagram VIII

Diagram IX

Step 7 (Basket Liner)
Referring to Diagram X, stitch 3 1/2 x 8" teal border strip, 1 3/4" x 8" white strips, and 1 1/2" x 8" teal check strips to make pieced unit. Measure 3 1/2" in from corners on one end and mark. Align rotary cutting ruler with marks and cut corners. Make 4. Stitch pieced unit to each edge of 8" teal solid square (see Diagram XI). Place basket liner on top of 23" white-on-white square, right sides together. Cut white square to match outer edges of basket liner. Sew 1/4" from outer edge, leaving 3" opening to turn right side out. Turn, press, and stitch opening closed. To finish, top stitch 1/8" from outer edge.

Diagram X

Diagram XI

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